FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Nicole Gallego
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
(203) 865-0831, ext. 21
ngallego@newhavensymphony.org
NHSO Family Concert Series presents
BIG BLUE MARBLE
New Haven, CT March 8, 2010: From the haunting, eerie sounds of the humpback whale to the majesty and power of a 50-piece orchestra portraying a violent storm at seas, join the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) and Music Director William Boughton for Big Blue Marble, Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2:00pm at Woolsey Hall, New Haven for this 50-minute musical discovery of the seas and its inhabitants.
Big Blue Marble, part of the NHSO’s Family Concert Series, introduces classical music to children of all ages through song and interactive exploration. Hosted by Steven J. Pynn, Principal of The Sound School, Big Blue Marble, features stories and songs about the sea featuring the most unusual soloists ever to appear in Woolsey Hall, a family of humpback whales! On the program: Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, and Hovhaness’ And God Created Great Whales.
Concert attendees young and old are invited to our Instrument Discovery Zone, a free and interactive instrumental petting zoo from 1:30-2:00pm in the rotunda of Woolsey Hall. The NHSO encourages all patrons to bring a donation of a new or gently used children’s book to help Read to Grow build literacy for youngsters across the state.
Tickets to this exciting event are $15 (adults), $12 (seniors) and $5 (children). To purchase tickets contact the NHSO Box Office at (203) 865-0831, ext. 10 or visit newhavensymphony.org.
Support for Big Blue Marble is generously provided by Bank of America, Jewish Federation and Foundation of Greater New Haven, PACK, Comcast, ShopRite Supermarkets of Milford and West Haven, and Graduate Student Life at the McDougal Center.
